CONGRATULATIONS –TALENT HUNT PROGRAM SCHOLARS

Global Undergraduate Exchange Program for Pakistan 2016, FALL 2016

We proudly announces that our two (2) students of the Sindh Foundation Program – Batch 2013 have successfully gone to
USA in Fall Semester 2016 for the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program for Pakistan (Global UGRAD Pakistan) 2016, USA
Enrollment
Candidate Region / Program at University
ERP ID State Scholar of Batch
Name Province IBA (Campus attending
of Enrolment)

Utica College in THP Fund

LAJWANTI Ghotki (Sindh) 07523 BS(EM)-VI Utica, NY SFP 2013
Utica, NY Scholar

Umerkot
MUHAMMAD California State Monterey Bay AMIN ESSA TAI
(SAMARO 07518 BS(CS)-VI SFP 2013
ALI University in Seaside, CA Scholar
TOWN, Sindh)

PROGRAM DETAILS:
In 2010, the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program - Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan) was launched by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the United States Department of State. The program in Pakistan is administered by
the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) and in the United States by the International Research &
Exchanges Board (IREX). The Global UGRAD program is designed to award undergraduate Pakistani students enrolled at a
university in Pakistan. The Global UGRAD-Pakistan program offers cultural/academic exchange through a non-degree program
for a semester at a university in the U.S.

PROGRAM GOALS:
The Global UGRAD Scholarship is intended to promote mutual understanding between the people of the United States (U.S.)
and the people of Pakistan. The Global UGRAD –Pakistan will provide full-time undergraduate students from Pakistan with the
opportunity to enrich their education and experience through one semester of full-time, non-degree academic study in the
United States. The program will also expose fellows to the principles of social responsibility in the United States through a
community service component.

GRANT BENEFITS:
The educational grant will cover the following benefits:
 Round-trip airfare from home city to and within the U.S.
 Tuition and mandatory university fees
 Room and board (housing and meals)
 Accident and sickness coverage
 A monthly allowance for incidentals during the program
 A limited allowance for books
 Monthly maintenance allowance for the duration of the program

We the team members of Talent Hunt Program and AMIN ESSA TAI congratulate the above students and wish them all the
success in their future endeavors.

Dr. Zeenat Ismail

Coordinator- Talent Hunt Programs

News posted on the IBA website on August 16, 2016